Synopsis of School Report forthe Month of October 1867State Of Florida

Location

No. of Teachers

No. of Pupils

Supported By

Tallahassee

3

173

Freedmen

Bloxham's Plantation1

1

30

Centerville

1

40

Belle Air

1

45

Monticello

2

85

Madison

1

50

Brooksville

1

45

Tampa

1

50

Key West

2

75

New Smyrna

1

40

Palatka

1

60

N.Y. Br. F.U. Comm

St. Augustine

4

125

2 of N.Y. Br. F.U. Comm
2 of Catholic Church

Magnolia

2

70

1 by Bureau
1 by Am. US. Assn.

Jacksonville

4

250

N.Y. Br. F.U. Comm.

Jacksonville

1

35

Freedmen

Fernandina

2

95

N.Y. Br. F.U. Comm.

Fernandina

1

60

Episc. Ch. F. Comm.

Lake City

2

80

Episc. Ch. F. Comm.

Midway

1

70

Am. F.U. Comm

Concord

1

50

Freedmen

St. Johns

1

38

Freedmen

Apalachicola

2

97

Freedmen

Amt's

36

1643

** This synopsis of
Schools covered the entire State of Florida for the month of October
1867. You can see that even if the Freedmen’s Bureau did
not own a school they were still monitoring the school’s
progress. Many of the schools throughout Florida were independent
schools that were organized and operated by outside organization such
as the New York Bureau of Freedmen Comm. which can be seen listed as
helping several schools throughout our state. Just like in
Brooksville, the Freedmen supported some schools while others were
operated and supported by the local churches or the Freedmen’s
Bureau. Regardless of who operated the schools in Florida it was
the responsibility of the Freedmen’s Bureau to monitor progress
of both the pupils’ attendance and the school itself.

1The name Bloxham is mispelled in the handwritten report, but the exact
spelling intended by the writer is difficult to determine.